the map could use a lot of love I agree. I love custom way points etc.. should have a symbol for mining, enemies.. etc.. a few more icons can't hurt and then adding in 4 basic colors would be nice just to help with staying organized.

Originally posted by jonnin:

I agree that sometimes mistlands and dark forest or meadow and dark forest can be hard to tell apart at times. Did you know mouse-over says the biome when you run into this issue?
Given the above, dark forest clashing with 2 biomes, I think DF needs a new color or something on the map.

But then what is the point of having colours on the map, if the colours(or trees? icons?) does not represent certain things, they are just distraction.
And having to look at the corner of the map to read the map is definitely not how map should be designed.

Originally posted by jonnin:

Most of the markers are custom? The game gives you what.. the bosses, the spawn point, and beds? Anything else? Bed is obvious, the others you need to mouse over to learn. It might be nice to label them automatically.

Basically, most people use the circle dot for everything, and then type in what they stand for, I guess house mean big base? campfire for small base? and the last one is portal? but there are a whole lot more important things in this game, for example dungeon.
For a game so focus on exploration, the map IS very lacking, in many areas.

Originally posted by rexpiscator:

...or at least, add color to the icons to make organization much easier on the Overview Map...and we could then toggle their visualization on/off...I tend to mark all resource locations and run the minimap...with a single color and not a very large selection of graphics to choose, I have to keep opening the Overview Map; color on the icons would really help with QOL, just sayin'...

Colours would be a nice addition to the markers, even like two or three can help a lot!

Originally posted by Loki:

But then what is the point of having colours on the map, if the colours(or trees? icons?) does not represent certain things, they are just distraction.

It helps with sense of direction, and gives players opportunity to observe the terrain on the map with a single glance... even in mistlands.

If you hover your pointer over the explored part it will tell you biome, I think its in the upper right, small print, easy to miss.

I agree that sometimes mistlands and dark forest or meadow and dark forest can be hard to tell apart at times. Did you know mouse-over says the biome when you run into this issue?
Given the above, dark forest clashing with 2 biomes, I think DF needs a new color or something on the map.

Most of the markers are custom? The game gives you what.. the bosses, the spawn point, and beds? Anything else? Bed is obvious, the others you need to mouse over to learn. It might be nice to label them automatically.

...or at least, add color to the icons to make organization much easier on the Overview Map...and we could then toggle their visualization on/off...I tend to mark all resource locations and run the minimap...with a single color and not a very large selection of graphics to choose, I have to keep opening the Overview Map; color on the icons would really help with QOL, just sayin'...